That is just ridiculous.
Someone asked him about it and he answered the question. Game isn't in alpha yet; which is when most such systems would typically be tested in a game like this. He's simply giving his honest thoughts about such systems at this point in time and will do some testing during alpha to figure out what actually works for the game and what doesn't.
This is just a bad idea all around. Brad has confirmed he will need somewhere in the neighborhood of $8 million to complete the game. We also know that MMO funding in general is very difficult to get for even the best project ideas, and Brads history is like a credit check, it will be much harder for him to get financing. All these people throwing money at him left and right is going to be a serious issue if he is unable to acquire real financing. He's opening himself up to multiple lawsuits if this turns out to be vaporware.
Actually, I don't think anything was misleading. They pretty much straight forward said give us money that we'll pocket and we'll continue to work on this project that we were going to work on anyways, but can't due to the fact we want to be paid even though it's our fucking company and we have nothing.
This sounds just fine to me. It reminds me a lot of the Dragon Rings in Velious. It just expands that mechanic.
Are you serious? After the first year or two when everyone has collected the gems, no one needs wizzys or druids for rides. Might as well just put the POK books in if that's the case.
Did you read it? You need a specific class to cast the port spell on someone.
It wasn't people on this forum that were going apeshit, it was the KS comments page. Brad knows exactly the type of crowd he's trying to appeal to (the hardcore 'niche' EQ crowd). There are certain things that are taboo to that crowd, such as thing like radar and dungeon finder. The question he responded to was about in game maps, he volunteered the shit about a radar. He didn't need to mention that. He was asked about dungeon finder and again he gave a non-answer to it (it may or may not be in). If they don't have any answers to what they are being asked, what's the point of doing these AMA's then?
It's generally not a case of 'did he read it' with Merlin. A more appropriate question is 'did he understand it'.
I jumped on the comment. I certainly don't think I'm trolling Brad. Here is my view of it. Brad saying things like radar with mobs showing and dungeon finders make them look out of touch with the majority of the people they claim to be wanting to reach. It also give a perception that they still don't have a clear direction. It's just bad no matter how you cut it. What possible benefit could having a radar showing mobs add to the game? It's one of those things that should of been laughed at, not actually brought up by the guy looking to make an old school niche game. I'm sure it was a mistake, but it was a bigger mistake even entertaining a feature like that..
I wasnt going to compare Pantheon to Star Citizen - Roberts is another league entirely that much is obvious. That line was merely confirming that Star Citizen also runs a sub for a newsletter/forum/devtalk kinda service.
Didn't you read your own post? It says you need a wizard or whatever to cast translocate on you. I don't see any problem with their idea at all.
